The Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) is an international research institute in mathematics and theoretical physics located in Bures-sur-Yvette, just outside Paris.
It was funded in 1958 by Leon Motchane, a businessman with a special passion for mathematics who dreamed of providing the best mathematicians and theoretical physicists with a place where they could carry on curiosity-driven research.
Hosting every year more than 200 researchers from all over the world, and counting 8 Fields medalists out of the 13 permanent professors hired so far in mathematics, IHES is today a world leading research center.
IHES was determined by NGOsource to be equivalent to a U.S. public charity or government instrumentality.
For more information, please contact Claire Lenz, the Director of Development and Communications at IHES, by email or give her a call at +33 1 60 92 66 67.